//------------------------------// // Reach for the Stars! Part 1 // Story: My Little Pony: Sonic Gen. Underground // by Jake Witt //------------------------------// "My King! My Lord! Wake up!" "nhnnn... What is it Caliburn?" Sonic asked waking as he noticed to bewildered weapon. It has taken a week for everyone to process alternate identities, timeline displacement, and the fact that they live in a time filled with magic ponies. Sonic jumped out of his haze when the sword spoke up again, "A green flame was forced out of my mouth and formed a scroll! That is not normal, sire!" "Well, Twilight's dragon can do that... Maybe that Starswirl guy made a rune like that? He is a legendary historical figure of many magical feats here." "I hope that's not the case, my lord!" Caliburn said, turning away. "Anyway, it feels so important that it left my mouth. Might be urgent." Sonic opened the scroll. Dear King Sonic, My former student Twilight has mentioned you in her recent letters and she mentioned you unleashing a crazed pink hedgehog with a hammer and having a sword. Including these "Chaos Emeralds" don't sit well with me. I promise you, if you bring any harm to my ponies yourself: I will hunt you down, turn you to stone and send you to the moon to prevent you from continuing that harm. Have a nice day and watch yourself. Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria and goddess of the Sun. As soon as I finished reading, Caliburn and Tails reentered my room with another scroll. "Sire! I don't like this feeling!" "Don't worry Caliburn, either we'll figure an alternate mailing system or you'll get used to it." Tails said, trying to calm the angry butter knife in his grasp. They hand me the scroll as I read aloud: Sonic, Can you and your friends come over quick? I need to show you something. Bring the friend tracker and maybe Caliburn. Princess Twilight Sparkle, princess of friendship. Without much word between us, both mes got ready in ten seconds flat and took the crew with us. In the foyer of Friendship Castle, "Fluttershy? How come you're the only one of us who got petrified?" Rarity asked, followed by a blue, pink, and green blur. "So not cool, bro!" Manic exclaimed from his position on the floor next to his sister, "I was about to drop a bass!" Rarity fainted as Fluttershy ran up to the group, "There's more of you?!" The two brushed themselves off as they got up, "You're sooo cute!" Sonia smirked, "Thank you, likewise." Manic scowled, "Thank you, though tough is better." Rarity look up from the ground, "My Celestia, you look horrendous!" Manic crossed him arms, "That's better..." He looks to his sister, who face palmed and groaned, "What does it mean?" Before Sonia could respond, Rarity outfit swapped in a black leather jacket with green details and matching shades and his shoes were slightly newer with back in the place of red. The crazy mare looked to Sonia, "What is your style, darling?" Sonia stepped back, "Um... I actually like the way I look." "What if I gave you a purple dress and pink boots with a piano design to match your jewelry?" "Or nah! Sorry, but it seems odd that a fashionista pony exists..." As Sonia stepped away, Rarity stepped toward her, "Please stay back!" Sonic took a step between them as Caliburn rolled his eyes from his sheath. "That's enough... Ms. Unicorn?" "Miss Rarity, owner of Carousel Boutique. You look like you could use a-" Sonic held his hand, "Sonic the Hedgehog. I have a list of titles regarding speed and being royalty, these are my sibs, Prince Manic and Princess Sonia. The little me over there is a prince. I hear you take royalty to a high regard here." Rarity stood there slack-jawed. Caliburn decided to introduce, "King Sonic the Hedgehog, knight of the wind and a time traveler from the past. I am his blade, Caliburn, known by all as Excalibur. We have business with a Princess Twilight." Sonic unsheathed Caliburn from his belt to discuss a few things with him. Twilight entered with an old book with a sun on the cover, "I'm glad you came Sonic! You see this book?" "Yes I do. What's so important about it?" "In my throne room is a mirror to another world that needs my help. I'm missing an efficient energy generator to force it open, so I was hoping your emerald would help out." Before Sonic could reply, Tails took out their blue emerald. Said emerald was then noticed by the unicorn on the ground, looking like she might pull a Rouge the Bat on us and take it. Her eyes were huge and pleading. Next to her was a hungry dragon, not figuratively, holding his tongue. She got closer, "Where did you find such a marvelous gem?!" "A bit of long winded lore from the 'Knight of the Wind', there are seven of these and a big green one. The big one keeps an island in the sky and contains a being of water and chaos. Think of these seven emeralds of power as its babies and my responsibility, you harm them: I will end you before we're all dead." Sonic let his words sink in, "But not to be rude, I just don't want one of these to become a fashion statement. Funny story, the purple one became a giant ring for a rich person." Rarity takes a step away as we entered the throne room, a purple framed mirror was hooked up to a bronze and copper frame with a red emerald and a spot for the blue. Tails was the first to notice, "When did you get that chaos emerald?!" Twilight looked to it, "Arrived this morning with the shipment of books. Seems too lucky that we get a magic communicator book and one of your emeralds in one shipment..." Gathered in the room was a southern pony, Rainbow, Fluttershy the Dovakiin, Rarity, and Pinkie with a huge suit case. "Woo! Va-ca-tion!" The southern pony walked up to little Sonic, "Well, aren't ya an interestin' varmint." Sonia stepped between her angry brother, "Please don't call us that, especially my brother here." "Oh... um... sorry 'bout that. Mah names Apple Jack," her iron grip on Sonic's hand as she shook, "Co-owner of the partially gone Sweet Apple Acres and element of honesty." After everything was said and done, simultaneously Twilight and Sonic placed the emerald and book into place. The portal started to glow, unknown to Sonic who thought it was busted. He placed both hands on the emerald, "CHAOS! CONTROL!!" He triggered a small worm hole, creating a permanent portal to the human world. Rarity looked to the mirror then to Sonic, "Isn't that taking it too far?!" "I don't know what you mean?" (From here on out, I won't fully repeat Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks. This will work like HISHE with a crossover.) The group eagerly awaited for their alternate world friend to return as Twilight fell through the mirror statue base. They came together in a group hug, then a worm hole ripped open over the statue's head. From the hole two blue, one pink and green, and yellow humans fell out, two of them donning snowboards as they landed. The big one high-fived his lookalike with some hype in his voice, "That was awesome, little me!" Sonia brushed herself off... then proceeded to scream on her knees after looking everyone over. Spike popped out of the mirror, carrying dog treats in his dog paw. He then looked to the screaming human girl, "Is everybody going to do that? I wonder if losing my dog hearing will hinder my dragon hearing..." A gold microphone on big Sonic's belt groans, "Oh, joy..." In a decorated gym, the group is enjoying snacks as Twilight starts smack-talking three teens with red gems. Manic looked away from the punch bowel to the awkward moment, "Tails? Why are they holding hands?" "I don't know. Maybe those three girls are the enemy and that's their defense strategy." "Clever girl..." Today is day one of Canterlot High's battle of the bands. The groups have trained... two egos and an internal conflict turning "the Sonic Rainbooms" into "The Rainbooms" and the return of "Sonic Underground". Sonic Underground vs the Ditzy Can Doos... this will hurt. Sonia looked to the blonde they would play against, "But that poor girl!" "She has bad eyes, we have a mute. It will be years before he can speak again and also, saving the world... I guess that's it? Saving this world will create scars. Maybe we can pay them back?" Manic summoned his drums, "A muffin? They forfeit for a muffin?" Sonia nods, "Yeah... Well now we have to go up against a... Bulk "Snowflake" Bisepts." She stole a glance at a pale human lunk with muscles on his muscles holding a small violin that should've been destroyed by his beefy hands. "I think we can take 'em." "Watch where you're going!" Flash barked at the broken Twilight. A pink girl at his arm tried to calm him, "Sonic-" "Damn it lady! I don't know who you are or why I should care-" Flash was cut off by a tapping on his shoulder and a slap across the face. With his back hand extended, our hero quiets the slightly shorter orange teen, "Hi, the names his Sonic the Hedgehog and that was my first bitch slap. You can be nice or we can settle this like men, outside."